City councilman conceded Thursday that he may...

MISSPOKEN. A

April 15, 1989

WESTMINSTER, CALIF. — MISSPOKEN. A city councilman conceded Thursday that he may have misspoken when he told Vietnamese immigrants, ''If you want to be South Vietnamese, go back to South Vietnam.'' Councilman Frank Fry stopped short of apologizing for the remark, which he said was intended to suggest that immigrants need to make more of an effort to assimilate into American society. Fry was among four of five council members who voted Tuesday night against closing a street in the city's Little Saigon area for a June 18 parade to honor South Vietnamese and Americans killed in the Vietnam War. Some Vietnamese immigrants in this suburban Orange County community said they would try to recall Fry.